Nail-driving tool



L L E .H c. m.. 1w J. L nl.. 2 9 1 NAIL DRvING TOOL` 2 sheets-sheet 1 Filed March 25.` 1926 Inventor Lc/ Who/few,

ttomey Oct 4,1927.v

Filled March 25. 1926, 2 sheets-sheet 2 *Inventor 4 Attorney Vvblockbeingattached'to oneend oa spring VThis pinf extends transversely betvveenL-the n 'springlrmf .Y 4 [An elongated. fiat strip of'resilent. metal yde'si'gnated by the nun'ial 16- lsf disposed of a; vslot 20 provi ded Q14' whiehis boiled"aboutV fa suitable pinl 15.`

"La lmeansforV receiving andv housing the eoild portion of the 1,644,409 Y* Y l" Wardly V through the'barrel'z the spring strip 16 will 'be-"swungvoutwardl'y so thfatfthe lug 2l Will -be moved out of theslot 23 and'simul- Y wdly tin-ongn'tne "sin 20 thus permitting ,"thevlowermost nail in the magazine 6 torbe dispose-d in the entrance 10 and against the pl'i'ing'er-Which extends across the entrance.V

Upon the upward' slidingi1novenaent or re`V spring stripjW'ill' return" to its*norir'i'a'll posi- Vdis} o`os' ed l Within the chju'tel 1'1 so asto fpre'-V Vent any 'more nails being delivered 'tofthe'j nailreeeiving'chamber'or barrel and when the Vlovv'er end oil-'the vplunger ris disposed:

mained yinjfftlie I entrance While the plunger scription', that =I vhave provided fa novel 'nail Vdrivingt toolV fvvliichi-'vvll vsaves1censi'derable time endlafbor in nailing? variousob'jeetsor articles," and furthermore vronlyonefnail at a` time 1Will be` delivered to the nail'receiving chamber of the barrelthus 'assuringftheposiftive `and eiicient operationofthe tool.:V yThe simplicity? in vWl1'icl1f my` improved'toolk is Y Constructed; enables the partsto bere'adily'; Y and feasily aecessi'ble,'jand urtlierin'o1e-tlife'r'e Win` be. no possibility of nelmensen-wing wnengthefhe di that, as' the hammer plunger moves down- 11 'Ch'albr'o-f thebarr'el i i l/Vhile 5I xhave shown thepreferred fembqdif; s ment ofthe 'inventionyiti ist() bey understood .that-minor changesinthesi-ze, shape'and zar? i rangementfofparts befresorted to With-` f Y outdeparting froinjthezfs'pirit ofthe invenztion'and the scopeiof'thefappendedelaim; Having thus'- described *the invention, j whatr IV Claim asnew and; desireto ysecure by Letters Patentfis z. m,

A naldrvingtool ofV Y I comprising an elongated rbarrel;the"lowei- 1Vendthereofbeing. provided with fa nail fre-V ceiving'. chgur'ibenv said barrel having: an enf `{,iirance ormedfin the 'side thereof atftheiupper portion of theaforeinentioned obamber, v aiplun'ge'r- 'slidable in. the barrel,v a nail hold- .i ing magazineA supported at lthe side ofi the barrel, theflower end of'the:'rnagazineipon;e i ""'f'inunieatigwith'saidientanceya Vguicleclinte extending-laterally froinjthebllfel around i the Aclass described upper end on the 'outer side'othejjbarrelgf@ i laterallextension formed ontheintermedijate Y yportion of :saidstrithe end-portionofsaid V extension being-disposed inwardly ythrough 1,644,409Y -V f the sides vof thechute adjacent the aforementioned entrance toprovide a cut oil for preventing the delivery of the nails from the magazine to the barrel through said entrance, and a laterally extending lug carried by the lower end of the springstrip, said lug being provided with a beveled nose and extendingy ously'releasing the cut oil means, whereby the lowermost nail in the magazinewill be delivered to said entrance, said cut off being e returned to its ,normal Aposition for closing the entrance when the plunger becomes disengaged from the vnose on the lug during its upward stroke, whereby'the nail positioned in the entrance willvbe delivered tothe nail receivingA chamber of the barrel `When the` lower end of the plunger is disposed vabovev lthe entrance; l

i In testimony whereof I aix myl signature': v

LAURENCE J. VVVINGI-IELL` i 

